Improvement in pantaloon-protectors



PATENT OFFICEe o. vv. s. HEA'roN, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVEM ENT IN PNTALOON-PROTECTO RS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,221, dated July 10, 1866.

To allvwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WILLIAM STOCKS HEATON, of Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have ,invent ed a new article of manufacture to be used in the manufacture of Pantaloons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichl Figure l is a view of the device. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a View showing the application of the pants-protector.

Similar letters of reference in the three views indicate corresponding parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

B B, Figs. l, 2, and 3, is a band of leather, linen, or any other pliable material, and A A A, Figs. l, 2, and 3, are strips of metal of any description, which are arranged on the band- B B at right angles to the same, and which are fastened to the belt B B by bending over the ends, as shown, or by eyelets, or in any Way which may be found advisable and to best answer the end in view, the object being to sew or fasten the belt B B to the bottom of a pair of pantaloons, as shown at Fig. 3, in such a way that the strips of metal A A shall be perpendicular and parallel with the leg' of the wearer.

The intention orvobject of this invention is to save or prevent that part of pantaloons which comes in contact with the heel of the boot or the ground from bein g chafed or Worn out too readily, and as is now the case, pantaloons being Worn ont around the bottom, and around the heel especially, either by friction against the heel, produced by Walking, or from being cut out7 between the heel and the ground when they are sufficiently long for this to be possible.

By the use of my invention wear from either of the given causes will be avoided as regards the friction produced by walking. The metallic strips A A will slip against the heel of the boot without chaiing the boot, and the pants cannot be chafed out from this cause, as the metallic strips are interposed.

As regards their being cnt out between the heel of the boot and the ground, it Will be seen that when the bottom of pantaloons are protected in the Way I propose it will be impossible for the wearer to unintentionally place the heel o f the boot upon them, as the metal strips give a stiffness to the pants in a perpendicular direction, which prevents the bottom from being caught under the heel of the boot or shoe of the wearer, even though they should be longenough to touch the ground.

It will also be seen that my invention provides for or is so arranged as to admit of the necessary pliability or suppleness of the pantaloons in one direction, while a stiffness is given or obtained in the other direction Which does not interfere with the appearance or set7 of the garment, while it will give to it protection where it is required.

I do not confine myself to the use of any particular kind of metal, nor to the particular method or arrangement shown in the drawings, as other material-such as rubber or bone-may be found to answer the purpose. Nor do I confine myself to aV combination of metal or its equivalent with a pliable band, as the metal may be attached directly to the material forming the garment; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The use of separate metallic strips or their equivalents in connection with a pliable band, or when attached directly to the garment, when such metallic strips are placed perpendicular with the leg of the wearer', substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. 2. The use of separate metallic strips or their equivalents, when attached as described, or in any other way substantially the same, either by passing the pliable band through the strips of metal, the metal strips being made like buckles, or in any other way, substantially in the manner, and for the purpose set, forth.

CEAS w. s. HEA'roN.

Witnesses:

BENJ. CozzENs, J oHN J. LYON. 

